Science / Year 9 / Science Inquiry Skills / Questioning and predicting

• TLF-IDL2016

Investigate the spread of a disease in the fictional town of Glenbrook. Examine patients and match their symptoms to diseases such as avian flu, hepatitis A, Ross River virus disease or whooping cough. Decide which medical tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis. Identify how the disease is spread and places where the ...

• TLF-IDL2018

Investigate the spread of a disease in the fictional town of Waverly. Examine patients and match their symptoms to diseases such as avian flu, hepatitis A, Ross River virus disease or whooping cough. Decide which medical tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis. Identify how the disease is spread and places where the disease-causing ...

• TLF-IDM019063

This is a student digital resource that contains interactive materials exploring many aspects of energy including the different forms of energy, the energy of moving things, heat, electricity, energy in food, and sources of energy used by modern societies. This resource contains a rich array of digital interactive activities, ...

• TLF-IDL5316

Investigate the spread of a disease in the fictional town of Nelson. Examine patients and match their symptoms to diseases such as avian flu, hepatitis A, Ross River virus disease or whooping cough. Decide which medical tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis. Identify how the disease is spread and places where the disease-causing ...

• TLF-IDM015287

This is a website containing a range of study guides on sustainability in food production and food security, they include: Water: our most precious resource; Biodiversity: protecting the environment; Greener farming: protecting the environment; Animal health: the science of healthy animals: and Food for the future: Farming ...

• TLF-IDM020126

This is a student digital resource that contains interactive materials for a comprehensive study of chemical reactions including the structure of atoms, elements and the periodic table, chemical reaction rates and energy, radiation, and the chemistry of acids and bases. This resource contains a rich array of digital interactives, ...

• TLF-IDM019064

This is a teacher guide that contains an overview of lessons relevant to a unit on energy. It contains resources to assist planning and implementing a study of the different forms of energy, the energy of moving things, electricity, energy in food, and sources of energy used by modern societies; and includes a unit outline, ...

• TLF-IDM017780

This learning resource guides students through an extended school based or local investigation. Students will develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning. Students work sequentially through the five steps in the Sustainability action process. Each ...

• TLF-IDM012855

This is a detailed plan for teaching a unit on ecosystems. It includes a unit outline, overview and aim, learning outcomes, inquiry questions, background information about ecosystems, lesson plans and a guide to assessment. The lesson sequence is based on the inquiry based 5Es approach to teaching Science, with a focus ...

• TLF-IDM014090

This is a unit of work designed to help students investigate and understand how species interact with each other in an ecosystem. Students examine interactions between the biological and physical aspects of the environment, including possible changes in population numbers, which ultimately cause a change in the wider ecosystem. ...